Scenes for Mike Leigh's new film Peterloo are being filmed in uphill Lincoln on Thursday, July 6.

The movie, due for release in 2018, tells the story of the ‘Peterloo Massacre’ at St Peter's Field, in Manchester on August 16, 1819, when cavalrymen with sabres drawn charged a crowd of 60,000 to 80,000 people, who had met to demand the right to vote.

At least 15 people were killed and up to 700 were injured after magistrates called on the military to arrest the radical speaker Henry Hunt, who had led the protest.

Footage of the march to St Peter's Field will be filmed in Castle Hill, Steep Hill and Drury Lane, with a cast of about 100 extras and even a horse-drawn carriage.

Castle Hill is being transformed into 19th Century Manchester

Period market stalls have been created in Castle Hill, while the exterior of the Magna Carta pub has been mocked up as a draper's store.